Worksheet

Φύλλο Εργασίας

KITES

Names of pupils:


A. Listen to the story of Daedalus and Icarus (DSCHOOL) and put the events in the correct order by numbering them 1–6.
____ Icarus flew too close to the Sun.
____ Daedalus made a labyrinth.
____ Daedalus and Icarus escaped from the labyrinth.
____ King Minos threw Daedalus and his son into the labyrinth.
____ Daedalus made some wings.
____ Daedalus and Icarus flew away.

B. Now watch a different version of the same legend in the video “The Boy Who Flew Too High” and decide if the following sentences are T (True) or F (False). What are the differences between the two versions of the story? Which one do you prefer? Which do you think is more possible?


1. King Minos himself brought the wax and feathers that Daedalus needed. ______
2. Daedalus and Icarus managed to fly away from the tower and find a boat in the sea. _____ 3. Daedalus and Icarus practiced flying for a few days before their escape. _____
4. Little Icarus didn’t follow his father’s advice and he flew too low near the sea waves. _____
5. A fisherman thought that Daedalus and Icarus were two winged gods in the sky. _____
6. Icarus managed to get saved after his fall. ______
7. Finally, father and son got imprisoned by Minos again.____

C. Daedalus and Icarus matching exercise: Match each picture with the correct caption to describe it.
D. Read the poem Icarus-The Rise and Fall, written by Paul Perro (2014) and complete the verbs missing in the correct form of the Simple Past tense.
Ε. Now complete the correct forms of the Simple Past tense of the verbs in brackets in the following text about the history of the kite.
F. Complete the crossword with the words from the previous text. Use the hints to help you.

G. Match the interesting facts with the correct flying invention in the exercise. Then search the meaning of the following words/phrases using the e-dictionaries.
1. lighting-proof=________________________
2. deadly accident=___________________
3. staircase=_____________________
4. food poisoning=____________________
5. condemned criminal=________________
6. civil war=______________________
7. ban=______________________
8. end up in jail=__________________
9. weigh=______________________
10. eyesight=_____________________

H. Create a poster on airplanes by using the Glogster platform. You can use the content (textual information, images etc.) that you worked on and you found interesting or liked the most. Then you are going to post your poster on our blog.